{"id":6843,"date":"2017-06-26T08:41:18","date_gmt":"2017-06-26T13:41:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/genealogytipoftheday.com\/?p=6843"},"modified":"2020-01-14T07:09:13","modified_gmt":"2020-01-14T13:09:13","slug":"before-your-executor-just-dumps-your-stuff-on-a-librarys-doorstep","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/genealogytipoftheday.com\/index.php\/2017\/06\/26\/before-your-executor-just-dumps-your-stuff-on-a-librarys-doorstep\/","title":{"rendered":"Before Your Executor Just Dumps Your Stuff on A Library&#8217;s Doorstep"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Putting a clause in your will that &#8220;my genealogical papers are to go to the BlahBlah Library&#8221; without some advance planning could have unintended consequences.<\/p>\n<p>Some thoughts on preserving your &#8220;files&#8221; and papers by donating to a library or archives:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>libraries may not want or be able to maintain random copies of public records that are available elsewhere<\/li>\n<li>libraries may not want or be able to maintain random copies made from published books<\/li>\n<li>unorganized materials are difficult for libraries to inventory and manage and they are difficult for patrons to use<\/li>\n<li>photographs, personal certificates, and other &#8220;unique&#8221; items are more likely to be preserved and collected, but it can be difficult for some facilities to afford to maint<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-6841 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/genealogytipoftheday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/grandmasgenealogyroom-300x158.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"158\" srcset=\"https:\/\/genealogytipoftheday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/grandmasgenealogyroom-300x158.jpg 300w, https:\/\/genealogytipoftheday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/grandmasgenealogyroom-768x404.jpg 768w, https:\/\/genealogytipoftheday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/grandmasgenealogyroom-624x328.jpg 624w, https:\/\/genealogytipoftheday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/grandmasgenealogyroom.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>ain these collections&#8211;consider leaving some financial legacy (if possible) to assist in long-term maintenance<\/li>\n<li>ask first to determine if the facility can or is willing to take your collection<\/li>\n<li>again&#8211;<em><strong>ask first<\/strong><\/em><\/li>\n<li>organize your material while you are still able to. Make continued organization of your materials a regular part of your research process. You never know when that day may come when your donation clause will go into effect.<\/li>\n<li>one last time&#8211;<em>discuss this with the recipient first<\/em>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>We will continue to have occasional posts on this topic. We don&#8217;t have all the answers, but we want readers to become educated about these concerns so they can make decisions and take action while they are still able to.<\/p>\n<p>When your death certificate is being filed at the local records office&#8212;it&#8217;s too late.<\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/genealogytipoftheday.com\/index.php\/genealogy-tip-of-the-day-book\/\">Genealogy Tip of the Day\u00a0<\/a><\/em>book is here.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/genealogytipoftheday.com\/index.php\/genealogy-tip-of-the-day-book\/\">Learn more about it<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Putting a clause in your will that &#8220;my genealogical papers are to go to the BlahBlah Library&#8221; without some advance planning could have unintended consequences. Some thoughts on preserving your &#8220;files&#8221; and papers by donating to a library or archives: libraries may not want or be able to maintain random copies of public records that [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":153978,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6843","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/genealogytipoftheday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6843","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/genealogytipoftheday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/genealogytipoftheday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/genealogytipoftheday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/153978"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/genealogytipoftheday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6843"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/genealogytipoftheday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6843\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/genealogytipoftheday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6843"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/genealogytipoftheday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6843"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/genealogytipoftheday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6843"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}